Lessons
The CAILS lessons are content-based, focusing on topics related to Uzbek and Kazak history, politics, religion, culture, education, economics, language, and social issues. The lessons are designed around excerpts from videotaped interviews conducted by CAILS Associate Director Talant Mawkanuli in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the U.S. with prominent scholars, government officials, politicians, students, and leaders in business.
Kazak Lessons (10 lessons)
Lesson Title | Authors | Interview Subjects |
Gender Issues | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Dianna Murphy, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Kamal Alpeyisova |
Language Rights | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Dianna Murphy, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Abduwali Kaydar |
The Function and Status of Kazak in Kazakhstan Today | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Dianna Murphy, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Abduwali Kaydar |
Different Aspects of Islam | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Dianna Murphy, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Ashirbek Muminov |
Educational Reform in Kazakhstan | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Dianna Murphy, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Sarsengali Abdimanopov |
The Current Status of Kazak Literature | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Seit A. Kaskabasov |
The Sociopolitical System in the Early Kazak Khanates | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Kamal Burkhanov |
Demographic Transition in Kazakhstan | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Ayzhamal I. Kudaybergenova |
Biotechnology on the Kazak Steppe | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson | Dr. Kasim Mukanov, Prof. Dr. Zeynullin Abdikarim |
Preserving Traditional Kazak Culture | Talant Mawkanuli with David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Dr. Azhigali Eskendiruli |
Uzbek Lessons (10 lessons)
Lesson Title | Authors | Interview Subjects |
Business Etiquette in Uzbekistan | Uli Schamiloglu, David Dettmann, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev, Talant Mawkanuli | Dilmuhammad Kamalov |
Women in Uzbek Families | David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Dilbar Kambarova |
Rituals in Uzbek Society | David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Adhamjon Ashirov |
The Emergence of the Khanate of Kokand | David Dettmann, Uli Schamiloglu,Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Sherzod Makhmudov |
Navoiy and Uzbek National Culture | David Dettmann,Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Shakhnoza Madaeva |
Music in Islamic History | David Dettmann,Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Zokirxon Oripov |
Education in Uzbekistan | David Dettmann,Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Nigora Azimova |
Fuzuli and Sufism | David Dettmann,Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Prof. Okilxon Ibrohimov |
Bedil and 19th Century Literature | David Dettmann,Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Otobek Zhurabayev |
Researching the History of Central Asia | David Dettmann,Uli Schamiloglu, Wendy Johnson, Bayram Rahimguliyev | Dr. Gulchekhra Sultonova |